Word: soviet
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...from other Communist countries: What we have been appealing to our Eastern Socialist friends for is that they support us on the same basis that they are supporting ZAPU [which gets arms from the Soviet Union]. There have been positive replies, but we have not received any material aid yet. Missiles and other sophisticated weaponry would be a good answer to the present firm dominance which the enemy enjoys, but we don't have any missiles just...
Armand Maloumian, then 20 years old, was visiting Moscow in 1948 when he was suddenly arrested by agents of the MGB (now the KGB). A French citizen of Armenian descent whose father was a physical education instructor temporarily teaching in the Soviet Union, Maloumian was accused of spying for the French secret service. He was first condemned to death, but was later convicted of treason, despite his foreign nationality, and sentenced to 25 years at hard labor. In early 1956, when Soviet authorities were cutting down the Gulag population as part of the destalinization drive, Maloumian was informed...
...Frenchman's suit will not be the first of its kind heard in Soviet courts; particularly in the late 1950s and early 1960s, hundreds of citizens of the U.S.S.R. and many foreigners who had been unjustly imprisoned had filed successful damage claims against the government. Genrikh Rubezhov, 50, the Moscow lawyer assigned to Maloumian's case, has tried more than a score of similar suits and has won them...
...Soviet law does not make such appeals very rewarding for people of scant means. The rules provide only for the return of seized property and bank accounts as well as for a payment of two months wages, based on the victim's salary before imprisonment. Though he stands to gain little from his suit, Maloumian already feels amply paid by the irritation that he believes his case has caused Soviet officialdom. "The Soviet Union cannot possibly compensate for the years they took away from me," he says. "If I keep on fighting, it is to help my comrades...
...suppressed, confused or conflicting. The nation cannot afford to be caught off guard by sudden hostilities in the festering arc of crisis or in the vast arenas of Asia where Communist giants collide. With weapons technology advancing more rapidly than ever, the U.S. must keep abreast of the latest Soviet developments, since an undetected Russian breakthrough could jeopardize the ever fragile balance of power. In a world of turmoil, frequently erupting in anarchy, the U.S. must be able to exercise its influence to maintain stability. Where the U.S. fails to do so, some authoritarian power can be counted...